History Quiz #683
Ancient and Modern History Quiz for 14 February 2022
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Q1.
On 30 November 2021 what country, with the blessing of its previous ruler, became a republic?
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2
Q2.
In 1988 China and Vietnam clashed in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish, where?
B
Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
C
Caroline Islands in Belau, or Palau,
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Q3.
In 1453, the Ottomans used a cannon called "the Great Turkish Bombard", which required an operating crew of 200 men and 70 oxen, and 10,000 men to transport it, during their siege of which city?
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4
Q4.
When was there a vote and decree to abolish the French slave trade and slavery in France's overseas colonies?
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5
Q5.
What name is given to the murder of 7 people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929?
A
The Saint Valentine's Day massacre
B
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
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6
Q6.
The principle of lex talionis first surfaces in legal codes from where?
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Q7.
What was the codename for the invasion of Sicily by the allied forces in World War II?
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